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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 15,453 11,733 71.0 69.9-72.1 1,796 13.5 12.7-14.3 930 7.5 6.8- 8.2 856 6.5 5.9- 7.1 138 1.5 1.2- 1.9
GENDER
Male 5,639 3,941 63.7 61.9-65.5 706 15.4 14.1-16.9 445 9.2 8.1-10.5 471 9.2 8.1-10.4 76 2.4 1.8- 3.2
Female 9,814 7,792 77.9 76.8-79.0 1,090 11.6 10.8-12.5 485 5.8 5.1- 6.5 385 3.9 3.5- 4.5 62 0.7 0.5- 0.9
RACE
White 11,651 8,785 70.7 69.4-72.0 1,378 13.8 12.8-14.7 722 7.8 7.0- 8.7 701 7.0 6.3- 7.8 65 0.7 0.5- 1.0
African American 2,565 2,132 81.6 79.5-83.6 257 10.6 9.2-12.3 108 4.7 3.6- 6.1 62 2.8 2.0- 3.8 6 0.2 0.1- 0.7
Asian 106 75 63.2 47.6-76.5 18 25.3 13.0-43.2 7 5.6 2.3-12.7 4 3.9 1.0-14.4 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0
Native American 294 214 67.5 58.5-75.5 34 13.1 7.4-22.3 16 9.4 5.3-16.4 28 9.4 5.5-15.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Other Minorities 771 473 55.8 51.0-60.5 102 15.2 12.0-19.0 75 9.7 7.4-12.6 58 9.0 6.4-12.5 63 10.3 7.6-13.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 811 500 57.0 52.3-61.6 109 14.7 11.6-18.3 79 9.6 7.4-12.5 61 8.8 6.3-12.1 62 9.9 7.3-13.3
-English Speaking 310 231 74.5 67.7-80.3 37 12.3 8.4-17.6 20 6.5 3.9-10.8 17 3.4 1.9- 6.0 5 3.2 1.0- 9.8
-Spanish Speaking 500 268 50.7 45.0-56.5 72 15.5 11.8-20.2 59 10.7 7.9-14.4 44 10.7 7.4-15.1 57 12.3 9.0-16.7
Non-Hispanic 14,609 11,205 72.5 71.4-73.6 1,685 13.4 12.6-14.2 851 7.2 6.6- 8.0 793 6.2 5.6- 6.9 75 0.7 0.5- 0.9
AGE
18-24 613 412 63.4 58.4-68.2 90 16.3 12.9-20.4 58 10.6 7.7-14.3 40 7.5 5.1-11.0 13 2.2 1.1- 4.1
25-34 1,844 1,197 59.8 56.8-62.6 304 17.5 15.4-19.8 164 9.9 8.2-11.7 134 9.3 7.6-11.2 45 3.7 2.5- 5.2
35-44 2,649 1,780 65.2 62.9-67.5 406 16.4 14.7-18.3 221 8.8 7.5-10.4 214 8.1 6.9- 9.5 28 1.4 0.9- 2.4
45-54 3,060 2,221 72.4 70.3-74.3 400 12.7 11.3-14.2 216 7.4 6.3- 8.7 202 6.5 5.5- 7.6 21 1.0 0.6- 1.7
55-64 3,080 2,475 80.4 78.6-82.0 309 10.4 9.1-11.8 144 4.8 4.0- 5.8 134 3.9 3.2- 4.7 18 0.5 0.3- 1.0
65-74 2,335 2,006 86.5 84.8-88.2 168 7.0 5.8- 8.4 76 3.2 2.4- 4.2 81 3.2 2.5- 4.1 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3
75+ 1,763 1,554 88.4 86.4-90.1 107 6.2 4.9- 7.7 47 2.8 2.0- 3.9 48 2.4 1.7- 3.5 7 0.2 0.1- 0.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,345 1,715 64.3 61.1-67.4 250 13.9 11.7-16.5 161 8.1 6.6- 9.9 165 9.3 7.4-11.5 54 4.4 3.1- 6.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,671 3,531 71.1 69.1-73.1 533 12.6 11.3-14.1 290 7.7 6.5- 9.0 278 6.7 5.7- 7.9 39 1.8 1.2- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 3,829 2,955 72.7 70.4-74.9 420 12.3 10.8-13.9 226 8.3 6.8-10.0 204 6.2 5.0- 7.7 24 0.6 0.3- 0.9
College Graduate 4,570 3,500 73.1 71.2-74.8 591 15.2 13.8-16.8 252 6.3 5.3- 7.4 207 5.0 4.2- 5.9 20 0.5 0.3- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,747 1,304 66.8 62.9-70.5 193 14.2 11.6-17.2 106 7.4 5.6- 9.8 125 10.1 7.6-13.3 19 1.5 0.7- 3.3
$15,000- 24,999 2,551 1,805 63.0 60.1-65.8 337 14.9 12.9-17.0 197 9.5 7.9-11.4 176 9.2 7.5-11.3 36 3.4 2.2- 5.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,858 1,387 69.4 66.1-72.5 190 11.1 9.2-13.4 147 10.4 8.2-13.0 115 7.3 5.7- 9.2 19 1.8 1.0- 3.3
$35,000- 49,999 2,189 1,683 72.3 69.4-75.0 225 12.6 10.6-15.0 132 7.8 6.2- 9.8 125 6.0 4.8- 7.5 24 1.3 0.8- 2.2
$50,000-74,999 2,008 1,549 73.1 70.2-75.9 246 13.1 11.2-15.3 112 7.5 5.7- 9.7 95 5.5 4.3- 7.0 6 0.7 0.2- 2.1
$75,000+ 2,830 2,187 74.5 72.2-76.7 371 15.2 13.4-17.2 134 5.4 4.3- 6.8 126 4.4 3.5- 5.5 12 0.5 0.2- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,532 4,360 74.9 73.1-76.7 570 11.7 10.4-13.2 303 7.0 6.0- 8.3 270 5.6 4.8- 6.6 29 0.7 0.4- 1.1
No 9,437 7,010 69.3 67.9-70.7 1,169 14.3 13.3-15.3 594 7.6 6.8- 8.5 562 6.9 6.2- 7.8 102 1.9 1.4- 2.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,256 1,810 78.5 76.1-80.8 196 10.9 9.1-13.1 120 5.5 4.4- 6.9 124 4.8 3.8- 5.9 6 0.3 0.1- 0.6
Non-Veteran 13,167 9,899 69.8 68.6-71.0 1,596 13.9 13.0-14.8 810 7.8 7.1- 8.6 730 6.8 6.1- 7.5 132 1.8 1.4- 2.2

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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